Marcel Hirscher

Austria

"If you ski like that, you'll have no cruciate ligaments by the time you're seventeen," "experts" warned the thirteen-year-old skier. Followed later by - "It's impossible to win the overall World Cup as a purely technical specialist". He refused to believe either of these predictions. Anything is impossible until someone actually achieves it: Marcel Hirscher's tally of successes has taken ski racing to a new dimension - three seasons, three times overall World Cup winner, 58 podium places in 127 races, two World Championship golds, one silver and another silver in the Winter Olympics. Racing intelligence with passion, intellect and humor - and his own series of slalom skis.